Update Speculation thread

well since italy should be finished before winter, a Fiat 500 is more likely...

 

Don't rear-ejgine buses and RVs have solid rear axles?

 

The bus that is currently in BeamNG has that configuration.

 

side note: look at how finished it looks! like not to get our hopes up, but still, a ton of work has been done in the dark, and i like it!

 

What we have seen is so far a dead ringer for the Beetle.

 

fair enough, not common on passenger cars / hatchbacks from (what i expect to be) the 50s-70s. but feel free to prove me wrong again!

 

It's difficult to say that it's finished, considering we can only see the engine bay, and who knows how far along the jbeam is.

 

they usually tease stuff before they're nearly ready to release it. they started revealing the bus just a few weeks before 0.12

 

fine, texture & modeling wise it seems pretty good, and due to the fact that the (trunk?) is open / remove-able, it must be remotely done!

also i doubt they would fully finish modeling and texturing solely the engine and engine bay haha

 

Maybe they have omly modelled the engine and engine bay for the photo shoots?

 

but that's exactly what i'm saying that (in my opinion) they wouldn't do!

 

Devs are known to add styling (Hopper) and engineering (SBR4) cues from real cars to in-game cars from other countries. The dev behind the Car X is a russian translator, so he is likely from Russia or another former USSR republic. That combined, could the car be Soviet? Like this:

Or like this Moskvitch, but rear engined?

 

This has got me really exited, can't wait to see what it is
It looks kinda similar to the Morris Minor's engine bay in the way the inside of the wheel arches can be seen and the flat bottom, so it could also be a bit like that? It's also got similar lights that stick out, just a bit more extreme, so who knows?

 

Wheel wells are visible in the engine compartment. While a lot of bits might be closer to the Beetle, the vehicle is probably very short, much shorter than the VW.

 

*cough fiat 500 cough*

 

oh look, a new car. Fiat, Beetle, and Mini hybrid i'm guessing

 

Maybe only the rear overhang is shorter?

 

Maybe that's what they want you to think?

ZAZ-965?

(With a flat-4 instead of a V4)

 

HELL YEAH! A SHITBOX!

 

Could be. But I think the car is older.